Alpha Orion
The hall seemed to hold its breath as Chieftain Reed reached for the crown and lifted it.
Rey bowed low and as it was lowered onto her head, the jewels caught the firelight and flared, scattering color across stone and steel.
"I crown you," he declared, his voice echoing through the Great Hall, "Reylin, Queen of the North, Luna of the North, the first of her kind."
The world shifted as the words settled like dust, but before anyone could speak, before the cheers that was supposed to follow, Orion knelt.
A sound rippled through the hall, sharp and stunned.